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VOL. 105 ISSUE 3
Captain Michael Gerold,
a USF alumnus, founds the
modem day American Legion
on USF campus.
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Columnist Carlos Cueva-
Alegria entertains the thought
of voting for a third party candidate: Ralph Nader.
OPIN
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With the next Harry Potter film
delayed until Summer, what are
die-hard fans to do? We give you
five things to try while you wait.
FREEDOM AND FAIRNESS
_
Jfrsmriatn JFoghorn
FOGHORN.USFCA.EDU
SEPTEMBER, 18 2008
Overcrowded Residence Halls Have
Become a Staple of University Life
RICKY ANGEL & HUNTER PATTERSON
Staff Writers
"The Housing crunch is on at USF. This
fall, more freshmen ascended the hilltop
campus than there are rooms to physically
house them, leading the Office of Residence Life to create a number of "non-
traditional spaces." Hayes-Healy, Gillson,
Phelan and Fromm halls have seen lounge
spaces converted to suites housing up to
five first-year students and double rooms
have been tripled," read the lead to an article about housing that appeared in the
Foghorn in September of last year.
Nothing has changed. According to a
chart provided by the Director of the Office of Residence Life Steve Nygaard, this
year, all lower campus dorms are filled
beyond capacity. Fromm Hall, the least
beyond capacity, is filled in at 102% and
Hayes-Healy, the highest, is at 108%.
In total, there are 190 students in non-
traditional spaces - lounges or dorm rooms
built for two people that now house three.
However, twenty-nine students living in
Hayes-Healy and Gillson lounges are not
counted in this total because ORL intends
to leave them in those spaces for the entire
year, not try to move them into tradition
spaces, as they will the other 190 students.
At least several students have already
been re-assigned to traditional double
dorm rooms. ORL is searching for additional rooms, waits for students to move,
drop-out or be removed from University
housing.
Freshmen Kayla LaCour, Lauren
McPherson, Marly Kos and until recently,
Rebecca Brandy (who moved to a double
room last week) live in a converted lounge
in Fromm Hall. Their lounge has been outfitted with five beds, four of them bunked,
five desks and only two closets. The roommates purchased a clothing wrack, which
sits overflowing with garments in the middle of the room. And while they said they
all got along well, they keep very different
schedules. McPherson is on the track team,
Hunter Patterson/Foghorn
Kayla LaCour and Lauren McPherson sit in their converted lounge in Fromm Hall. Five freshmen live in this non-traditional
space.
and said she will need to get up in time
for 7:00 a.m. practices, long before the rest
of her roommates want to be disturbed.
McPherson said she must also climb on
her desk to get on and off her bunked bed,
which wakes up her roommate below.
While most students in lounges and
triples are not excited about their housing
arrangement, ORL has pointed out that
there are some benefits to living in such
conditions. According to Nygaard, "Some
of these rooms are quite desirable, students
in the Phelan lounges consistently report
satisfaction because they actually have
more space per person than in a standard
double room." Some of the non-traditional
spaces have other perks, like private bathrooms, and students living in these spaces
pay less for their rooms than their on-campus peers.
However, Nygaard said one of the drawbacks to overcrowding is a loss of community space, which represents a real concern
to some residents. Junior Reina Acosta
asked, "If you take away their lounge,
where do people go to relax?" Junior Emil
Harry felt that eliminating lounges as social spaces detracts from the communal
RESIDENCE: Continued on Page 3
Hip-hop for Change
: '4j__i
Clubs Fail to Register with SLE,
Don't Receive Club Privileges
Dons Baseball Alumni came
to play this weekend for their
last game at Benedetti Diamond.
Men's soccer falls to Stanford in
their first home game of the season.
Courtest of Eklectyk Creative Media
Senior Courtney Parham makes a cameo appearance in "We Need a President", a
hip-hop video encouraging people to vote for Dem. Presidential candidate Barack
Obama.
LAURA PLANTHOLT
News Editor
When Residence Hall Association
president Hoa Tran wanted to register her
club for a table at the involvement fair, she
was met with a surprising response: No.
Her club, like many others on campus, had
not fulfilled their registration properly last
spring and was therefore not granted club
status, a fact which was unbeknownst to
her until September.
The office of Student Leadership and
Engagement, which oversees all clubs and
organizations at USF, denied club status to
18 of the 85 student groups who had petitioned to register but then did not complete their registration on time last May.
Registration was done differently this
year, as SLE employed their new online
portal OrgSync rather than using paper registration forms. Though this was
a change from years past, Darren Pierre,
Coordinator of Student Organizations,
Advising and Involvement, said there was
no reason for the new process to lead to
any confusion. In fact, in order to prevent confusion, they hosted seven sessions
last spring during which presidents could
come and register their respective groups
in a computer lab, complete with ITS support on hand.
The 18 groups who did not make their
deadlines, he said, simply forgot to complete some step of the process, despite repeated communication to the club presidents. In order to be fair to all aspiring
clubs, SLE had to deny club status to all
of these groups, instead allowing them
an opportunity reattempt the registration
process in October. At this time they will
CLUBS: Continued on Page 4
CHELSEA M. STERLING
News Editor
It is hard to decipher one's role in the
election, besides that of a voter on November 4th. However one USF senior has
taken a more active role in the elections.
Sociology major Courtney Parham appeared in "We Need A President," a hip
hop video geared toward gaining support
and spreading Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama's campaign platform of change and hope.
"We Need A President" was produced
by Eklectyk Creative Media, an Oakland based "online community dedicated
to strengthening a physical community
of talented artists." Courtney Parham's
brother, Trevor Parham, directed, edited
and appeared in the video featuring original music by Napalm Clique, F.L.O and
Tai Chi.
Courtney Parham is "definitely a huge
supporter of Obama" and wanted to get
more involved and go beyond canvassing neighborhoods and promoting candidates through social networking sites,
like Facebook and MySpace. Sen. Barack
Obama's nomination speech and his emphasis on the availability of quality education and how it is easy to overlook the
value of a strong education, struck a chord
with Parham, who comes from a family of
educators. After watching his nomination
speech and seeing how much attention it
received, Parham knew she wanted to be
involved in her brother's video; she appears
in a few different cameos, singing "We
Need A President."
OBAMA: Continued on Page3
Street Talk: Craziest MUNI Experience
Aden Jordan
Senior - Media Studies
"These two guys were talking
about something they just stole and
were talking really loud. One suggested that they beat up everyone
around who heard what they were
saying. Luckily they got off before it
happened. It was awkward."
Mylene Martin
Senior - Media Studies
"There was a fire on one of the
seats and everybody got kicked off
the bus."
STREET: Continued on Page 5
SAN FRANCISCO FOGHORN
2130 FULTON STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118
NEWSROOM 415.422.0122. ADVERTISING 415.422.2057
■

VOL. 105 ISSUE 3
Captain Michael Gerold,
a USF alumnus, founds the
modem day American Legion
on USF campus.
_N
ffi
zr
Columnist Carlos Cueva-
Alegria entertains the thought
of voting for a third party candidate: Ralph Nader.
OPIN
Mi
With the next Harry Potter film
delayed until Summer, what are
die-hard fans to do? We give you
five things to try while you wait.
FREEDOM AND FAIRNESS
_
Jfrsmriatn JFoghorn
FOGHORN.USFCA.EDU
SEPTEMBER, 18 2008
Overcrowded Residence Halls Have
Become a Staple of University Life
RICKY ANGEL & HUNTER PATTERSON
Staff Writers
"The Housing crunch is on at USF. This
fall, more freshmen ascended the hilltop
campus than there are rooms to physically
house them, leading the Office of Residence Life to create a number of "non-
traditional spaces." Hayes-Healy, Gillson,
Phelan and Fromm halls have seen lounge
spaces converted to suites housing up to
five first-year students and double rooms
have been tripled," read the lead to an article about housing that appeared in the
Foghorn in September of last year.
Nothing has changed. According to a
chart provided by the Director of the Office of Residence Life Steve Nygaard, this
year, all lower campus dorms are filled
beyond capacity. Fromm Hall, the least
beyond capacity, is filled in at 102% and
Hayes-Healy, the highest, is at 108%.
In total, there are 190 students in non-
traditional spaces - lounges or dorm rooms
built for two people that now house three.
However, twenty-nine students living in
Hayes-Healy and Gillson lounges are not
counted in this total because ORL intends
to leave them in those spaces for the entire
year, not try to move them into tradition
spaces, as they will the other 190 students.
At least several students have already
been re-assigned to traditional double
dorm rooms. ORL is searching for additional rooms, waits for students to move,
drop-out or be removed from University
housing.
Freshmen Kayla LaCour, Lauren
McPherson, Marly Kos and until recently,
Rebecca Brandy (who moved to a double
room last week) live in a converted lounge
in Fromm Hall. Their lounge has been outfitted with five beds, four of them bunked,
five desks and only two closets. The roommates purchased a clothing wrack, which
sits overflowing with garments in the middle of the room. And while they said they
all got along well, they keep very different
schedules. McPherson is on the track team,
Hunter Patterson/Foghorn
Kayla LaCour and Lauren McPherson sit in their converted lounge in Fromm Hall. Five freshmen live in this non-traditional
space.
and said she will need to get up in time
for 7:00 a.m. practices, long before the rest
of her roommates want to be disturbed.
McPherson said she must also climb on
her desk to get on and off her bunked bed,
which wakes up her roommate below.
While most students in lounges and
triples are not excited about their housing
arrangement, ORL has pointed out that
there are some benefits to living in such
conditions. According to Nygaard, "Some
of these rooms are quite desirable, students
in the Phelan lounges consistently report
satisfaction because they actually have
more space per person than in a standard
double room." Some of the non-traditional
spaces have other perks, like private bathrooms, and students living in these spaces
pay less for their rooms than their on-campus peers.
However, Nygaard said one of the drawbacks to overcrowding is a loss of community space, which represents a real concern
to some residents. Junior Reina Acosta
asked, "If you take away their lounge,
where do people go to relax?" Junior Emil
Harry felt that eliminating lounges as social spaces detracts from the communal
RESIDENCE: Continued on Page 3
Hip-hop for Change
: '4j__i
Clubs Fail to Register with SLE,
Don't Receive Club Privileges
Dons Baseball Alumni came
to play this weekend for their
last game at Benedetti Diamond.
Men's soccer falls to Stanford in
their first home game of the season.
Courtest of Eklectyk Creative Media
Senior Courtney Parham makes a cameo appearance in "We Need a President", a
hip-hop video encouraging people to vote for Dem. Presidential candidate Barack
Obama.
LAURA PLANTHOLT
News Editor
When Residence Hall Association
president Hoa Tran wanted to register her
club for a table at the involvement fair, she
was met with a surprising response: No.
Her club, like many others on campus, had
not fulfilled their registration properly last
spring and was therefore not granted club
status, a fact which was unbeknownst to
her until September.
The office of Student Leadership and
Engagement, which oversees all clubs and
organizations at USF, denied club status to
18 of the 85 student groups who had petitioned to register but then did not complete their registration on time last May.
Registration was done differently this
year, as SLE employed their new online
portal OrgSync rather than using paper registration forms. Though this was
a change from years past, Darren Pierre,
Coordinator of Student Organizations,
Advising and Involvement, said there was
no reason for the new process to lead to
any confusion. In fact, in order to prevent confusion, they hosted seven sessions
last spring during which presidents could
come and register their respective groups
in a computer lab, complete with ITS support on hand.
The 18 groups who did not make their
deadlines, he said, simply forgot to complete some step of the process, despite repeated communication to the club presidents. In order to be fair to all aspiring
clubs, SLE had to deny club status to all
of these groups, instead allowing them
an opportunity reattempt the registration
process in October. At this time they will
CLUBS: Continued on Page 4
CHELSEA M. STERLING
News Editor
It is hard to decipher one's role in the
election, besides that of a voter on November 4th. However one USF senior has
taken a more active role in the elections.
Sociology major Courtney Parham appeared in "We Need A President," a hip
hop video geared toward gaining support
and spreading Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama's campaign platform of change and hope.
"We Need A President" was produced
by Eklectyk Creative Media, an Oakland based "online community dedicated
to strengthening a physical community
of talented artists." Courtney Parham's
brother, Trevor Parham, directed, edited
and appeared in the video featuring original music by Napalm Clique, F.L.O and
Tai Chi.
Courtney Parham is "definitely a huge
supporter of Obama" and wanted to get
more involved and go beyond canvassing neighborhoods and promoting candidates through social networking sites,
like Facebook and MySpace. Sen. Barack
Obama's nomination speech and his emphasis on the availability of quality education and how it is easy to overlook the
value of a strong education, struck a chord
with Parham, who comes from a family of
educators. After watching his nomination
speech and seeing how much attention it
received, Parham knew she wanted to be
involved in her brother's video; she appears
in a few different cameos, singing "We
Need A President."
OBAMA: Continued on Page3
Street Talk: Craziest MUNI Experience
Aden Jordan
Senior - Media Studies
"These two guys were talking
about something they just stole and
were talking really loud. One suggested that they beat up everyone
around who heard what they were
saying. Luckily they got off before it
happened. It was awkward."
Mylene Martin
Senior - Media Studies
"There was a fire on one of the
seats and everybody got kicked off
the bus."
STREET: Continued on Page 5
SAN FRANCISCO FOGHORN
2130 FULTON STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118
NEWSROOM 415.422.0122. ADVERTISING 415.422.2057
■